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Qatar 'One of the Safest Countries in the World' BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 9 Hales leads England to victory in INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 9, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 QFCA chief executive REGION 10 BUSINESS 1 – 5, 15 – 20 second 16,131.00 9,683.62 30.89 ARAB WORLD 10, 11 CLASSIFIED 6 – 15 expects non-oil share in -197.00 +196.91 -0.83 INTERNATIONAL 12 – 25 SPORTS 1 – 12 -1.21% +2.08% -2.62% Qatar GDP to be at 70% one-dayer Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9991 February 7, 2016 Rabia II 28, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Record win for Nasser al-Attiyah Qatar ‘one In brief of the safest ARAB WORLD | Terrorism Tunisia completes barrier with Libya Tunisia yesterday completed the countries construction of a barrier along its border with Libya, months after attacks on its national museum and a beach resort that killed dozens of tourists. Defence Minister Farhat Horchani told reporters in Tunis in the world’ that the construction of berms and water-filled trenches marks “an For the past five years, Qatar has Shamal security areas also recorded important day” for Tunisia in its stood first in terms of security a decline of 18% in crime rates. struggle against “terrorism”. Two among the nations of the Middle Last year, the authorities have attacks claimed by the Islamic State East region in the Global Peace been able to tackle the phenomenon group last year killed 59 foreign Index of begging by capturing 590 people, tourists, with Tunisian off icials most of them coming from outside saying the assailants had trained atar has further consolidated the country. in conflict-ridden Libya where IS is its position as one of the saf- There has also been increased ac- active. Page 11 Qest countries in the world tivity in the field of international Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah celebrates his record 61st Middle East Rally Championship leg win in Doha when he won the with a 49% drop in the number of security co-operation with organisa- ASIA | Calamity Qatar International Rally yesterday. Partnered by co-driver Mathieu Baumel, the Qatari ace beat the previous mark of UAE great major crimes reported in 2015 com- tions and law-enforcement agencies, Strong earthquake Mohamed bin Sulayem who accomplished 60 leg wins in the regional championship between 1996 and 2002. Sport Page 1 pared to the previous year. particularly in the field of combat- For the past five years, Qatar has ing drug trafficking. The Ministry topples buildings stood first in terms of security among of Interior has received a number of At least 12 people, including an the nations of the Middle East region letters of appreciation for its help in infant, were killed and hundreds in the Global Peace Index. the seizure of narcotic substances injured when a 6.4-magnitude According to the figures released by and dismantling smuggling gangs by earthquake struck southern the Ministry of Interior (MoI) yester- exchanging information. The most Taiwan early Saturday. A 17-storey Family entertainment centre day, there has been a significant fall prominent of these agencies include apartment building collapsed in of 49% in the number of lawsuits and British National Agency for the fight Tainan City’s Yungkang district. It cases of major crimes such as mur- against organised crime-NCA (Na- was home to about 250 people. der, aggravated assault, rape, kidnap- tional Crime Agency), the Interna- Several other buildings in Tainan opens at the Pearl-Qatar ping, robbery and arson last year. tional Criminal Police Organisation collapsed or were damaged by the The “Highlights of Security & (Interpol) and the US Drug Enforce- quake that struck at 03:57 am (1937 By Joseph Varghese take off and land an aircraft. These are Services Statistics Report-2015” said ment Administration. GMT Friday). Page 15 Staff Reporter real attractions for kids and young- the number of complaints received by The average emergency response sters.” state security agencies in 2015 fell by time for fire accidents in 2015 was There is no entry fee at Megapolis. 3.5% in spite of a population growth less with an average of eight minutes SYRIA | Personality egapolis, an entertainment Trager said: “You can come in and of 9.2% compared to 2014. compared to 8.6 minutes in 2014, Bashar al-Assad’s centre that caters to all age watch the games and visit the restau- However, the number of cyber though there was an increase in the Mgroups, has opened its doors rants. If you need to take part in any of crimes witnessed a rise of 52% in number of incidents in 2015. The to- mother dies aged 86 to the public. the games, you need to buy a card of 2015, due to the spread of technology tal number of fire accidents in 2015 The mother of Syrian President Situated in Medina Centrale at the diff erent denominations. This can be and social media networks and other was 5,483 while it was 4,925 in 2014. Bashar al-Assad, Anissa Makhlouf Pearl-Qatar, it is the “fi rst complete used in any of the gaming areas. The tools “as people used them without Traffic safety indicators show a al-Assad, died yesterday at the family entertainment centre of its games start from QR15 and the most the precaution required in dealing 4.8% decline in 2015 in the number age of 86. The former first lady kind”, according to company offi cials. expensive game is the indoor golf at with such media”. of road accident deaths for each and widow of ex-president Hafez The 6,000sqm facility off ers a wide QR369.” Some geographical areas witnessed 100,000 residents per year. al-Assad died in Damascus, the range of games and indoor activities The offi cial said the company a noticeable decline in crime ra- Traffic violations such as wrong off icial Sana news agency reported. in addition to a number of restau- might use virtual reality technology tios. In the Capital Security Depart- parking, not leaving safe distance Throughout Syria’s five-year war rants. in some of the activities. “We are in ment area, for instance, the decline between two vehicles, not wear- and even when her husband Hafez Speaking to Gulf Times yesterday, Alexander Trager:“We are in discussions to provide virtual real- in lawsuits and major crimes ranged ing seat belt also declined by 4.7%. ruled the country with an iron fist, Alexander Trager, assistant general discussions to provide virtual reality ity features in some of the games and between 69-73%. The Dukhan Se- While there were 1,720,735 violations she had kept a low profile and was manager of operations at Megapolis, features in some of the games and other activities. This might be imple- curity area didn’t report any lawsuit in 2015, the number for the previous rarely mentioned in the media. said the centre aims to provide per- other activities.” mented in several areas, such as fi ght- or major crime. The Al Rayyan and Al year was 1,805,072. fect entertainment for all family ing, driving and sports activities.” members at one place. and we have brought most of the star The centre, Trager said, provided a Ministry handles 1,686 complaints NEPAL | Trade “We have a number of places in attractions under one roof,” he ex- huge karaoke collection. and queries concerning personal abuse Traffi c resumes Qatar off ering diff erent games and plained. “We have over 60,000 titles in dif- indoor activities. So, we thought of Trager stressed that the entire fam- ferent languages. These include Eng- The Ministry of Interior handled 1,686 persons surrendered, showing their will- across border bringing all such facilities under one ily could spend quality time at Mega- lish, Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, complaints and queries concerning ingness to leave Qatar. A total of 30,874 More than a hundred cargo umbrella. It resulted in this concept polis, engaging in diff erent activities. Hindi and Chinese, among others. personal abuse during the year 2015. persons were detained for violation of vehicles crossed the India-Nepal “We have various attractions such as People can come and sing along with About 8,900 persons and companies the laws of the country. border yesterday, for the first time bowling, indoor golf, darts, billiards, the karaoke and this can be used es- that violated human rights and The emergency number 999 received since it was closed 135 days ago. karaoke, fl ight simulators, a hi-tech pecially during parties and family or labour laws were blacklisted or banned 1,943,653 calls that included requests About 70 petrol tankers headed gaming arcade and a dedicated action social events. in 2015. Some 10,068 travel tickets for help in traffic situations, diseases, in- into India to fill up with fuel, which zone - all under one roof. In addition, “We want to establish and develop were issued to expatriates who were juries, fire incidents and other personal has been scarce in Nepal since we have a number of outlets off er- Megapolis as a brand in Qatar. We unable to pay for their journey to their matters during 2015. the closure. The main border ing delicious food, snacks, juices and are not competing with other en- home countries, the Highlights of The National Command Centre issued district off ice at Birganj said transit beverages,” he continued. tertainment facilities in the country. Security & Services Statistics Re- 35,260 appreciation letters to members resumed after residents dismantled The centre will teach golf through We may set up such centres in other port-2015 issued by the ministry said of the public to acknowledge their co- the camp set up by an ethnic group indoor training using simulation, he places and also open Megapolis cen- yesterday.
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